“Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has ordered preparations for the annexation of the occupied West Bank ahead of US President-elect Donald Trump taking office in January 2025.”

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    “Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has ordered preparations for the annexation of the occupied West Bank ahead of US President-elect Donald Trump taking office in January 2025.”

    For the American voters to make sure it sinks in.

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      I’m not american, and I don’t know anything about this topic. May I ask for ELI5, please?

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        Trump is at least as far right as Netanyahu. He supports the full destruction of Palestine and Palestinians. His election has dropped all Israeli pretense in their propaganda. They can now do what they want with impunity since Trump’s administration will provide all the international cover that they need and Trump’s admin will happily brag about the genocide they helped to perpetrate.

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          They’re already doing what they want with impunity as evidenced by this being planned out, at this moment, while Joe Biden is president.

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        It means Israel is using the current conflict in Gaza to expand into another Palestinian territory, the West Bank. They are already illegally occupying it. This is their move to “legitimize” the occupation.